Your skills are excellent, and now I have them too.

Chapter 106 The Nemesis of the Steel-Bone Realm

The off-road vehicle swerved around a bend, narrowly missing the rocks as it passed by.

Hongliu peeked at Lu Zhao and found that his face was as calm as a still lake, showing no fear whatsoever.

"snort."

Instead, she began to think more highly of him.

Lu Zhao knew, of course, that he wouldn't actually be killed by the injury. He had already figured it out; this woman was the kind of person who hated evil and had a clear sense of right and wrong.

She had just mentioned "passing by" the Sand Gang's camp, meaning that those things had nothing to do with her. As a result, she gained six underlings who were both angry and helpless whenever the topic came up.

She was simply acting out of a sense of justice.

How could someone like that kill himself when he was innocently arrested?

Lu Zhao believed that although the other party had now turned against Sui Chaoyu, they would still let him go after the matter was over.

But he couldn't wait, so he started researching new special skills.

[Dragon Bone Overload Iv5: Limited to those at the Steel Bone Realm or above who can learn/use this ability. It allows internal energy to permeate the bones and muscles, temporarily strengthening them and inducing an overload state, greatly enhancing performance for up to 10 seconds. Utilization rate: 40%, Side effect index: 78.]

coming.

Dog Breathing No. 2.

This is the second special skill that Lu Zhao obtained with a very high side effect index. It is also the kind of special skill that is super powerful when it is activated, but cannot be used continuously.

Obviously, even when the level is improved and the side effects index is 0, resistance will still develop after each overload of the muscles and bones, making it impossible for the energy to penetrate again in a short period of time.

"But having side effects is a good thing!"

Lu Zhao was overjoyed.

The so-called training of muscles and bones is to overuse them and improve them through tempering, making them stronger and more resilient.

If my guess is correct, as long as the side effect index is not zero, activating this skill will benefit the training of the musculoskeletal system.

Many people, including Shen Xianke and others, experience a slowdown in their cultivation efficiency when they reach the Steel Bone Realm because they lack effective and targeted methods for strengthening their muscles and bones.

Lu Zhao solved the problem by sheer coincidence!

He's having a hard time saying whether being mistaken for someone else by these bumbling thieves is a good thing or a bad thing. If it doesn't affect the mission in the end, then it's a good thing.

"Once I raise my overall training level to around 70% or 80%, and with this extra special skill, I might be able to put up a fight against her."

Just as Lu Zhao was secretly pleased, the convoy suddenly turned and twisted and turned until a very well hidden cave appeared ahead.

Before the cave entrance, there are two protruding rock formations on the left and right, and above them is a cliff that sticks out like a tongue, making it extremely difficult to spot from any direction.

Looking from the entrance, the space inside the cave is quite spacious, enough to live in for many people.

"No wonder the Sand Gang has survived for so many years; this place is indeed well-hidden," Lu Zhao couldn't help but sigh.

"What's the point of keeping the place if everyone's gone?" Hongliu said pessimistically.

Lu Zhao didn't know what to say, so he just followed them into the cave.

As far as the eye can see, there is devastation everywhere. The three-dimensional residential ecosystem is roughly divided into three layers, with houses collapsed and even a main beam supporting the cave roof broken in half.

"In the end, people were desperate, and some...acted irrationally," Hongliu explained.

Lu Zhao knew that this was perfectly reasonable.

"Big sister, I've asked Du Zhuang to get some food."

The skinny guy ran over, glanced at Lu Zhao, and didn't say anything more.

"Speak," Hongliu said directly.

The skinny man then continued, "What do we do now? The intelligence is flawed. Should we still arrest Zhao Xichuan?"

Hongliu shook her head: "We can't move for now."

She glanced at Lu Zhao: "He is Sui Chaoyu's son. The entire underworld in the city is definitely looking for him. We can only wait until things calm down before taking any action."

The skinny man, his face contorted in a grimace, pointed at Lu Zhao and cried, "How could he be so wicked!"

"You bastard, I'm the victim!"

Lu Zhao can now empathize with Hong Liu. These brainless guys are pitiful, but they are also infuriating.

As for what Hongliu said, he thought there was something wrong with it.

Not only the underworld, but the legitimate world might also be looking for me.

"Why is my life so miserable!"

Nangong Qingye wanted to cry.

As a military supervisor, he is authorized to access various files of the Public Security Bureau and the military, provided he has a driver's pass. If he wants, he can even send a truck to bring back a mountain of documents for review.

But the problem is, he's all alone.

Lu Zhao was going undercover, so Nangong Qingye couldn't use any other official forces to help them find him.

The problem with everything in the world is that we are all interconnected. The Radish Group definitely has connections with the Public Security Bureau. Once the task is assigned to the Public Security Bureau, Luo Tianchong and Bu Tianyan will know about it.

Even if they didn't know the reason, just that they knew they were looking for Lu Zhao, the two brothers would immediately realize that there was something wrong with this person, because the police would have no motive to look for a country boy from out of town.

Let alone without reason, even if these criminals took the initiative to report the case, the other party would have no reason to care.

They know exactly what kind of coward the local police department is.

Therefore, Nangong Qingye could only work alone, and at most, he could ask Ling Dongxun to help him flip through the pages when Ling Dongxun had time.

What else can we do? Are we supposed to make the commander of the Linglong Guard, the academic officials of the Imperial Academy, and the deputy commander of the Qingming Guard all bend over and crawl on the ground to check the files?

However, Nangong Qingye did not just check the data. He spent half a day looking through the files of special criminals and tried to check the few surveillance cameras in the county town, most of which were out of function.

But he soon realized that this would not work.

"People with poor brains commit crimes, and you can't use your good brain to solve cases."

"I spent ages analyzing the most successful method of the crime, only to find out they used an almost impossible method. Their success was purely by luck. Wasn't that a waste of effort?"

He was pacing back and forth in the small, dilapidated room where Lu Zhao had stayed, when he suddenly remembered something.

"I don't even need to look for them; they're definitely not in the city."

A foolish thief might succeed once by luck, but he can't succeed by luck forever.

As long as they remain in the county town, Bu Tianyan, one of the four emperors of the underworld, will definitely be able to find them.

Since there's no news now, there's a 99% chance they've already gone to the desert.

Having figured this out, Nangong Qingye's eyes lit up, and suddenly an idea came to her.

He called someone over.

"Go and return these files that the police department transferred from me. I have something to do."

After saying that, he took his sword and pistol and walked out. Halfway there, he encountered Ling Dongxun.

"Where are you going?"

Nangong Qingye said, "Lieutenant Ling, I was just about to look for you."

He shared his thoughts and said, "So, if we're going to search for someone in the desert, it would be best to have the continental military send a reconnaissance plane to take a look."

Ling Dongxun frowned: "I have a way to get them to deploy reconnaissance aircraft, but I have to explain who we're looking for. Even if I say we're looking for any humanoid creature, they'll still speculate, and I'm worried about rumors getting out..."

Nangong Qingye smiled slightly.

"I have a plan."

"What?"

"Choose a powerful figure in a prefecture whom you are familiar with, and secretly kidnap and imprison one of his relatives. Then leave some clues to fake his escape from the city."

Then he stepped in on his behalf and had the state military use reconnaissance planes to search. Anyway, once they saw suspicious individuals in the desert, they'd have to verify them, and maybe they'd find them eventually.

After listening, Ling Dongxun pointed at his nose and clicked his tongue.

"You're so ruthless."

"Just tell me if you're going to do it or not."

"Damn. Judging from this, you already have someone in mind."

"Deputy Commander Ling, I heard that the Finance Director of Vientiane County was your classmate. He happens to have a son who is also eighteen or nineteen years old. The State Army needs his signature to approve the budget, so he might be willing to give you face."

In conclusion, I believe kidnapping the bureau chief's son is the most appropriate course of action.

Ling Dongxun looked troubled: "This person is my dearest friend and family member, my brother... You'll have to tie him up."